Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1887-02-17
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Coke eaas and net fftil- III
peciai Correspondence Of Every lsvening.
DOVER, Feb. l4.-The Standard Oil
)oun auy's bill, of which l forewarned
be GAzErrR's readers two or three
weeks Apo. il here. Senator MoWhorter
il down with him this afternoon
md viii probably offer it in day or two.
d Il entitIed can Act TO Incorporate the
D delaware Light, Fuel and Power Com
oAuy." The corporators named are;
william L. Elkins, Jr., of Philadelphia,
and John Nj. Dunn, ]. Parke Postles,
George w. Bright, Enoch Moore, Dr.,
and John Peoples of Wilmington. The
capital stock is TO be 500, 900, IN shares
of 500 each, with power 10 increase to
Al GOO 900. The business of the corpora.
ton will be to furnish heat, light ami
power from gas, stt am, electricity
and other substances, and Tor thess
purposes, its promoters eompiacentiy !
AK for full power and authority to enter
wpon streets, roads, bridges, tenemenls,
10. all over the State. The Standard o.
DOESN'T believe in missing a good thing
through bat hfulneas By-and by its lob
byists may be expected down here IN
force, and then, as the lamented Charley
REYNOLDS used TO say, "the trail OF the
serpentn will again be tower it all. !" But
ii is hardly likely that the legislature OF
1887 will take kindly to the gormandlz-
ing monopoly to which the legislature OF
1881 said: "You may want the eartn, put
you can't get Delaware.
Chaplain Stonecipher, in his prayer
this afternoon, alluded feelingly TO the
illness of Representative McGee and the
bereavement of Representative Jones.
Mr.. McGee has been s..iken to his home
near Lsafsi and is reported slightly bet
ter to day.
The two bills introduced by Senator
Cooper this afternoon will be welcomed
nv the people OF Wilmington generally.
One OF them wipes out the liquor bailif's
Office, and the other wipes out the sup
Elementary act committing the pay of that
supvrfuous official to SO per day. It has
| been six years since this sinecure was
created and it would puzzle any taxpayer
| to explain what the city has to show for
| the SO 900 or SO that it has cost.
The old elm tree in front of the Statt
| Honse has had two of its largest, but
dead, branches Topped off. This veneer.
able tree was planted by Joseph hale II
1902.
Recorder John I. Gooden's store
stable and politically celeHratet bari
shed, at Willow Grove, were burned las
night, together with the stock OF good
the store contained. The village post
office was also kept in the store. by bhf'
work, some young men with buckets AM
lad iers saved Johns dwelling from de
struction; but his household goods, whic
were carried out to save them, were oani
aged. The fire broke out after the famil
had gone to bed, being first discovere
about IL 80 this morning by youth VIII
was returning from counting exped
ton. The loss is estimated at 81 ,50O
q 81, 900; on which there is an INSURANCE
of 81 700.
Speaking of John, he has lately com
out as a candidate for State LIBRARIAN
But il Governor Biggs, in filling tn
/ position, can see his way to inciuo
the present experienced, obliging an
irreproachable incumbent, Samuel 1
s Trultt, among those reappointmen
Q which sthe nature of the Office and Il
public interests justify, he will pleai
. nearly every one whom have heard O.
. press himself on this subject.
,, Down. Fab. 5.-Uonstitntional COZ
- yenti0n bill No. 9 will be launched in Il
u House by Representative Mccoy :
at morrow. 1t will be observed that it
r. right in line with Governor Biggs' inau
- ural. but Secretary salisbury assures II
10 that the governor has nothing wbatev
ne TO do with the bill and is probably u
ne aware OF its existence Following is Il
lie text of the bill;
as WHEREAS, In republic the sovereil
". power remains IN the people, and
~ WHEREAS, Alterations and amendmel
ay become necessary IN the state constitute
M as Knowlsdge and general Intelligence I
come diiIused among the cltizens, and
au WHEREAS, The people Of Delaware duri
as the past 56 years have advanced with t
90 rest Of the world In knowledge OF the tr
principles Of government anu haVea equlr
ng increased confidence 10 their own capac
lnr for self government, and
WHEREAS, II Is fit and proper that ca
generation should express their pleasure
10 their fundamental law, and, for this pl
re- nose, that an opportunity should be giS
:. them by their legislative servants to v
~ upon the question Of holding conventi
res "a 0np0rtr,nttV which has NOT heenatt
tho p5opls ii tbs .t i1e'Hg the Rst
years, and
ON stitution fully provides for calling a G
VI, vention and therein specifically sets 70
zen tho mode and manner Of calling the sal
nee therefore
~ BE- Il enac,ed. Gc.-Section /. That a
~" special election to be- held on the tn
gan Tuesday Ia May In the year 1887 voters
tba authorized and empowered to have writ
or printed on their ballots the words "fc
ced convention" or against conventto
3 TO and ii thereupon 1t shall appear that a
iOrity of the citizens OF this state hay
'ort the right to vote for representatives h
TRY voted for convention, the General ASS
80 bly, shall accordingly mt their next sess
o'o call a convention to consist OF at leas
ltes many members as there are In both hot
nsa of the Legislature, TO be chosen III the 81
manner at The same places and at the 81
lort time that representatives are by the citiS
,ill entitled to vote for represe natives, on
notice given them one month and to n
loW within three months after they shall
cen elected,
Section Q. That at the said special q
nce ton, to be held as prescribed In section
God this act, the inspectors and judges che
,,a In the several hundreds throughout
~ State to hold the last general election s
wal hold said special eecti0n.
ight Section b Ihe board o. canvass s N.
number OF votes east In the state at any
nese Of tho three general elections next pre-
date Ing the day of voting for convention
the cept when they may be less than the "
and number Of votes voted both for and agi
rbilt IL convention; in such easetle said maj
are shal he asgertaiueo by reference to
nuel numbpr " VOTES east on the day Of VI
port for or against convention.
that SrCsiun t. The result Of said election
be- returned IN the same manner and Il
SAINT way ~ is now provided by law
hicb corning the returning Of votes cas-
the governor at the general eecttnn he
iiteu tEts stat, aud tue ceTtiithate 81 said
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